Improvement in hay-racks



J'. HALL.

HAY-RACK. I $10,172,017. Patented Jan. 11,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HALL, OF RIVERSIDE, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172017, dated January11, 1876; application filed November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HALL, of Riverside, Burt county, Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention consists of improvements in the construction andarrangement of some of the parts of the hay-rack for which a patent wasgranted to me May 1, 1875, which said improvements are as follows,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is aside elevation. Fig. 2 is a top to the cross-beams D, instead of theslotted plates heretofore employed, the bolts being extended up throughthe beams, and through cap-plates d thereon, and screwed up by a nut, sothat the end of the hook-head bearsagainst the under side of the beams.The cap-plate d has a flange, g, turned down inside the crossbeam, tohold it securely against the strain to I which it is exposed in holdingthe end rack by the hook h. The standards 5 of the crossbeams have anotch, j, to receive the ends of the hook b of the side rack, to supportthe standard by the side rack against spreading by the strain of the endrack. The standards i of the cross-beams are, in this arrangement,located outside of the bed-frame A, to support the beams nearer to theirends, and the top bars of the side frames 0 are prolonged over thebeams, as indicated by the dotted. lines K, for a support of the sideracks on the beams.

The Stay-board l, for holding the Windlass of the binder, is contrivedto swing forward and backward on the bed-frame, for holding andreleasing thewindlass.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby L'etters Patent l. The hook-bolt a, combined with the sideladder hookb, beam D, and the cap-plate 01, substantially as specified.

2. The notch j in the standard *5, in combi- I nation with side-ladderhook b, substantially as specified.

8. The beam-standard '5, located outside of the bed-frame, substantiallyas specified.

4. The top bars of frames 0 and prolonga tions K over the cross-beams D,substantially as specified.

JOSEPH HALL.

Witnesses:

W. B. WHITE, F. O. LAWYER, M. D.

